Salimata Fofana

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Salimata Fofana
Sport
CountryIvory Coast
SportJudo
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
African Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville −52 kg
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Dakar −52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Tunis −52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cape Town −52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Antananarivo −52 kg

Salimata Fofana is an Ivorian judoka. [1] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52-kg event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52-kg event at the 2016 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia and at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2020, she also won one of the bronze medals in women's 52-kg event at the 2020 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. [2] [3] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the silver medal in her event. [4]

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References

  1. "Salimata Fofana". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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  3. "2020 African Judo Championships". African Judo Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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